Erm....
Because they are using the tooling they've already got (quite possibly acquired cheaply from more upmarket manufacturers) and their entire production line is set up for threaded steerers, threaded headsets, and quill stems. No doubt they could also save money by not cutting threads on headsets, but they already have the tooling to do it all with threads. Before they can realise the savings from not cutting threads on steerers, they have to also change the headset and stem designs and tooling. Their entire manufacturing process is built around those old and obsolete designs and tooling, and when you're just churning out BSOs there's little to no incentive to invest and change. Unless they start producing higher spec bikes, the return on investment would take far too long, so it's more economic to keep the old tooling going and just take the hit on increased labour costs. Also, I'd guess the BSOs are made in China where labour is fairly cheap, whereas the better bikes are made in Taiwan where wages are higher.
That should be done as a bike shop prank.I dare one of you to put a thread on a carbon steerer and run it with a threaded headset & a quill.
Energy recovery through incineration is how carbon bikes are recycled. If you have an open fireplace or a brazier you can do that at home
Energy recovery ? What greenwashed jargon is thatEnergy recovery through incineration is how carbon bikes are recycled. If you have an open fireplace or a brazier you can do that at home
There is no other method currently available
It's the technical, greenwash term for "we're gonna burn it to release some heat". It helps environmentalists to avoid saying directly that they've failed, and the only option for recycling and disposal is to burn it.Energy recovery ? What greenwashed jargon is that
It's the technical, greenwash term for "we're gonna burn it to release some heat". It helps environmentalists to avoid saying directly that they've failed, and the only option for recycling and disposal is to burn it.
The world of being 'eco-friendly' is full of stupid, illogical, unscientific crap. A few examples:
1. Battery electric cars that rely on vast open-cast lithium mines, extraction and processing of rare-earths that is causing huge toxic and radioactive pollution in China, and cobalt that comes from mines in the DRC employing child labour (same problem with rare-earths applies to wind turbines).
2. Burning huge quantities of heavily polluting bunker oil so that wood pellets from Canada can be shipped across the Atlantic to be burned in British power stations. We might as well just burn the coal under our feet that those power stations were originally designed for!
People have been brainwashed to think that this 'green' stuff is fantastic and that it's helping. Sorry if I've upset anyone, but a lot of stuff that is touted as being green is anything but green
No offence taken here....I'm no mug when it comes to the eco green washed bandwagon either ...see through it a mile off.It's the technical, greenwash term for "we're gonna burn it to release some heat". It helps environmentalists to avoid saying directly that they've failed, and the only option for recycling and disposal is to burn it.
The world of being 'eco-friendly' is full of stupid, illogical, unscientific crap. A few examples:
1. Battery electric cars that rely on vast open-cast lithium mines, extraction and processing of rare-earths that is causing huge toxic and radioactive pollution in China, and cobalt that comes from mines in the DRC employing child labour (same problem with rare-earths applies to wind turbines).
2. Burning huge quantities of heavily polluting bunker oil so that wood pellets from Canada can be shipped across the Atlantic to be burned in British power stations. We might as well just burn the coal under our feet that those power stations were originally designed for!
People have been brainwashed to think that this 'green' stuff is fantastic and that it's helping. Sorry if I've upset anyone, but a lot of stuff that is touted as being green is anything but green
